Improved spike for over-shoes



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GERSHQOM W. BRADLEY, OF WESTON, CONNECTICUT.

' Letters Patent No. 88,441, dated March 30, 1869.

town of Weston, county of Fairfield, and State of Oonnecticut, have invented 'a new and useful Improvement in the Mode of Constructing Spiked-SolefOver-Shoes, for walking on ice, and other purposes g and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and, @nach dseription thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the manufacture of a spike, with a very thin and broad head, and the mode of attaching the same to the sole ofthe shoe.

To enable others skilled in the art tc make and use' l I useful article for walk1ng,1nsl1ppery weather, and for my invention, I will proceed to describethe same.

In the drawing?- Figure l is a face view of the sole of an over-shoe, with the lsteel spikes attached.

Figure 2,a section of the sole, showing the mode of attaching the spikes.

The object of my invention is to make an over-shoe, for walking on the ice and other slippery places withont slipping, andA to have the spikes strong and light.

I construct the spikes B out of steel, struck into form by machinery, with the head made very thin, and flat, and broad, as shown in 'the drawing, the spike-'part being tapered to a point, and made ot any required length and size, and properly tempered.

-I then make holes in the outer sole, A, to receive the spikes in home to the head.

I then place the inner and outer sole together, so that the dat headof-the spike is between. (See fig.2.) I then stitch or peg the two soles together in. the usual manner, and' also stitch or pcg round the outer circle of the iiat'h'eado' the spike, as at iig. 1, A; then the sole is nished to the upper in the usual manner.

By this mode of making and fastening the spikes, to the sole, I gain a strong, light, and firm arrangement. The spikes may be made of any desired length, and any given number, more or less, can be used.

This over-shoe is convenient, economical, and a `very other purposes; is easily put on and fastened, and taken off.

I do not claim as new the spikes for shoes, but the `form of the spike,'and the manner of attaching to the sole.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The form of the spike for the purpose, and the mode of attaching the same to the sole, substantially as and for the purpose herein setfortlil witnesses: e. W.' BRADLEY.

WM. VINE, i A. CAMP. 

